CONTEMPORARILY

Etymology

Adverb

contemporarily (not comparable)

At the time being discussed; then.

In the present time.

Source: Wiktionary


CONTEMPORARY

Con*tem"po*ra*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.]

1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.

2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.

Con*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries.

Definition: One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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